Word: aceing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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They're called the South African Open Championships. In fact, they are shut tight to a black man, as U.S. Tennis Ace Arthur Ashe discovered when he applied for a visa and a chance to vie for the title. The government allowed, however, that Ashe would be permitted to enter the country as a member of a U.S. Davis Cup team. Maybe. By blackballing Ashe, South Africa could be disqualified for Davis Cup competition...
Died. Johnny Murphy, 61, general manager of the New York Mets during their phenomenal rise to baseball's world championship; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. A onetime ace relief pitcher for the New York Yankees, Murphy joined the hapless Mets as a scout in 1961 and took over as G.M. six years later. He helped land Gil Hodges as field manager, traded for such stars as Donn Clendenon, Tommie Agee and Al Weis. Perhaps most important of all was his refusal last spring to trade Pitchers Tom Seaver and Jerry Koosman, who subsequently performed the miracle of Shea...